Government and Politics

Course summary

Paper 1: Government & Politics of the UK This paper focuses on the make up of politics in the UK from the way the government works through to how we interact with the democratic process. Paper 2: The government and politics of the USA This paper focuses on the politics of the USA and requires a comparative study of the structural, rational and cultural similarities and differences between the US political system and the UK. Paper 3: Political Ideas This paper focuses on political ideologies covering Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism and then one additional ideology from Nationalism, Feminism, Multiculturalism, Anarchism and Ecologism.